The ability to produce and apply new materials has always been important to the development of societies.

The Princeton Institute for the Science and Technology of Materials (PRISM) is a multidisciplinary research center within the School of Engineering and Applied Science that conducts studies at the interface between the fields of hard materials (semiconductors, metals, and ceramics) and soft materials (synthetic and natural polymers).

These studies could yield advances that directly benefit society, such as cheaper and smaller nanostructures that combine optics and electronics or sensors that could be inserted into the body as part of diagnostic or prosthetic equipment. PRISM’s research and educational programs are integrated across the sciences and engineering and include extensive collaboration with industry.